Tucker County newspaper runs spoof stories for April Fools
In the tradition of British newspapers, the Observer took a break from their mission of reporting the news and ran several spoof stories in its latest edition. In one, a state agency called the division of Conservation, Restoration, Aspiration, and Procrastination, or CRAP, is heading the effort to stop the flow of the blackwater and clean its rocks with shampoo and conditioner.
Along with a Blackwater story, the Observer ran several other full of in-jokes for Tucker County locals, written by reporters 'Laird Fasoploy' and 'Friday LaPools'(anagrams for April Fools' Day).
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Another entitled 'Wriston necktie event canceled' says that an event to help former West Virginia Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston learn how to properly use a necktie has been cancelled.
Observer publisher Thomas Yocum told 12 News Wriston was well known in Tucker County both due to his involvement in the construction of Corridor H and his habit of not tying his necktie.
'Hopefully everybody gets a laugh out of it,' Yocum said. 'You know, sometimes we take things a little bit too seriously, including ourselves.'
When asked if he was afraid of people not getting the satire, Yocum said, 'I've always been an enemy of the 'no-fun-police…if this does make the 'no-fun-police' unhappy, then I'm very, very glad.'
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